The famous pirates, the Barbarossa brothers and their associate Dragut, were famous for their cruelty, as well as crazy luck that defied any logical explanation. According to the ancient manuscript “Chronicles of Dragut”, the pirates took turns in possession of an artifact - a scimitar, which bestowed unheard-of luck on its owner... The scimitar was lost long ago, and it is impossible to find it. Or is there still such a possibility? After all, what else, if not the scimitar, is connected with the disappearance of the researcher of the “Chronicles of Dragut”, historian Igor Rusanov? Private detective Tavrov travels to Malta: it is there that a mysterious artifact is located, whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the Order of Malta...